Title: Swivet.
Archiving: just ask.
Rating: PG.
Date: January 2004.
Summary: A Pride & Prejudice drabble. Lizzy receives a (not wholly unsurprising, but very astonishing) letter.
Notes:
This was written for one of the first daily word challenges at Drabblesmith. The vocabulary word was swivet.
Did I ever mention that my very first fandom was Jane Austen? :)
My dearest Lizzie,
I have some news which will, I fear, come as a terrible shock to you. I hope that it may cause you no pain, for I assure I am not injured�although I dare not hope the same of your husband, whom I fear the news will in no little part dismay.
I know you will be incapable of triumphing at my expense, though I suspect you will not be wholly surprised. Forgive me! I do not mean to alarm you, but I am still in a swivet as I write this. Rest assured I am well; the baby is well. As for Mr. Collins--
Lizzie, it appears that in my choice of husband I have proven wholly mistaken. When I told you that it is better to know as little in advance of the defects of one's partner as possible, I never dreamed that I would find myself with such a spouse and in such a situation.
To put it bluntly: your cousin Mr. Collins has gone off with Lady Catherine De Bourgh.
"Great God, I knew it," ejaculated Elizabeth in the greatest astonishment, formally resolving that nothing would ever surprise her again.